Between The Shades Of Gray Analysis

Imagine being in a cold, dark, and heartless place that is full of cruel people. It is nearly impossible to get out of this misery, like being trapped and beaten in a cage. A fifteen year old named Lina is faced with the Holocaust accompanied by her family. How could a teenager possibly survive this terror? In the riveting novel, “Between the Shades of Gray”, by Ruta Sepetys describes the experiences of going through the Holocaust as a teenager. This book is extravagantly fascinating to read, as it tells the story of how Lina encounters the Holocaust, adapts to the cruel environment, and must change her sensibility during the Stalinist Repression in the mid 20s.
Ruta Sepetys places Lina with a unexpected conflict when Soviet officers barge